Jayden Daniels' buzzer-beating Hail Mary TD to Noah Brown gives Commanders 18-15 win over Bears

Jayden Daniels connected pinch Noah Brown connected a 52-yard Hail Mary arsenic clip expired to springiness nan Washington Commanders an 18-15 triumph complete nan Chicago Bears connected Sunday

LANDOVER, Md. -- Jayden Daniels connected pinch Noah Brown on a 52-yard Hail Mary arsenic clip expired to springiness nan Washington Commanders an 18-15 triumph complete nan Chicago Bears connected Sunday.

Daniels scrambled for respective seconds earlier heaving nan shot from nan Commanders 35-yard line. It was deflected astir 3 yards short of nan extremity statement and fell into nan arms of Brown, who was opinionated unsocial successful nan extremity zone.

Chicago had taken its first lead pinch 23 seconds near successful nan game, going up 15-12 connected a 1-yard TD tally by Roschon Johnson aft a pass-interference punishment connected nan Commanders (6-2). The Bears (4-3) had their winning streak snapped astatine 3 aft falling down 12-0 and giving up nan Daniels-to-Brown play that sent players and fans successful nan stands into a frenzy.

The improbable TD was Daniels’ 21st completion connected 38 attempts while playing done a rib wounded that near his position uncertain until hours earlier kickoff. In nan NFL’s sixth matchup of rookie quarterbacks taken pinch nan apical 2 picks successful nan draft, Daniels threw for 326 yards and ran for 52.

The unexpected ending ruined a turnaround for No. 1 wide draught prime Caleb Williams, nan Washington-area autochthonal who engineered a precocious 62-yard scoring thrust aft starting nan crippled completing conscionable 4 of his first 16 passes. Williams vanished 10 of 24 for 131 yards, and D’Andre Swift ran for a TD arsenic portion of his 129-yard performance.

In this often ragged matchup of move rookies, it was Daniels, taken 1 spot aft Williams successful nan NFL draft, who came retired connected top.

Austin Seibert kicked 4 section goals for nan Commanders for their only points until nan Hail Mary.

Signing Seibert aft a kicking debacle successful nan play opener has turned retired to beryllium immense for Washington. Even pinch 1 less game, he passed Mark Moseley during his All-Pro play successful 1982 for nan astir section goals made and astir points scored done Week 8 successful franchise history.

Bears: After losing near tackle Braxton Jones successful nan first half pinch a knee injury, guards Teven Jenkins (knee) and Bill Murray (chest) were knocked retired successful nan fourth.

Commanders: LT Cornelius Lucas limped disconnected nan section midway done nan 3rd 4th pinch an ankle injury. Rookie Brandon Coleman, who has been splitting nan snaps pinch Lucas, was inactive because of a concussion.

Bears: Visit Arizona adjacent Sunday.

Commanders: Visit nan New York Giants adjacent Sunday.

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